Vibratile apparatus.



PATENTED OCT; 25, 1904.

L. SNYDER. VIBRATIL nrmonmn E APPARATUS.

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351 7512 We a? Patented October 25, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAMBERT SNYDER, OF ROCHELLE PARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE LAMBERT SNYDER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VIBRATILE APPARATUS.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,234, dated October 25, 1904.

Application filed August 27, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAMBERT SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rochelle Park, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vibratile Apparatus, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification.

My invention relates to devices for producing vibrations to be applied to the body of a patient undergoing vibratory massage treatment; and its object is to provide a vibrationgenerator of a simple and inexpensive character which shall be durable, efiicient, and easily applied and one which cannot get out of order. i

The invention consists in the novel disposition and relative arrangement of the various cooperating parts thereof, whereby the attainment of the foregoing objects is rendered practicable, in certain combinations, and in certain details of construction, all of which will be specifically referred to hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference-numerals denote corresponding parts.

As to said drawings, Figure l is an eleva tion of a vibratile apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, the stop ordinarily made use of being removed. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the cooperative relation existing between the main staff and the traveling head made use of, the scale being enlarged.

In a general sense my present invention comprises a main stafi and a vibrator-head, the latter mounted for movement longitudinally on the staff in such manner that said movement will give a series of shocks to the staff, which may be communicated to the body of a user.

In carrying out my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, I essentially make use of a main staff 2 and a traveling head 3, the latter being mounted on said stafi' for movement longitudinally there- Serial No. 170,908. (No model.)

I along. The staff 2 may be formed from any suitable material, as metal, and may be of any appropriate cross sectional contour. The foregoing remarks with reference to the material of the staff 2 also apply to the material of the head 3, save that in this instance the material is non-resilient and the said head either directionalong the staff 2 by properly applying pressure to said head. To insure the most satisfactory vibratory results, such applied pressure should be substantially constant and uniform and should be applied in a direction parallel or approximately parallel with the staff 2 at a point or points somewhat removed radially from said staff. Under the application of pressure to the head 3, as stated, said head is caused to alternately move into and out of a binding or frictional engagement at the opposite terminals of its opening 4 with the stafi 2, and when moved into such engagement the resulting impact produces a vibratory action along said stafi, and this vibratory action in turn aids in effecting the release of said head from its said engagement with the staff 2.

The foregoing alternate binding and releasing action of the head 3 is maintained under the applied pressure and until said head shall have moved intermittently or step by step from one end to the other of the staffQ, said head accordingly moving a degree or step along said staff during each momentary releasement of said head from its binding engagement with the staff 2. To facilitate the application of pressure to the head 3, Ipurpose to conjoin with the latter a radial arm 5, which thus partakes of the vibratory action imparted to the staff 2 in the practical operation of my improved apparatus. The relative proportions of the staff and arm may be varied, as may be found expedient to secure the best results.

v paratus, I provide it with a contact member 6 at one end which, as I have shown it, may be formed by bending the staff at right angles to itself and then returning it upon itself, such returned portion being slightly concave to approximate the curves of the human body. Any other form of contact member might be used, however, it being merely essential to provide some means whereby the vibrations generated in the staff may be communicated to the body. In order that the other end of the staff may beheld easily, I provide it with a removable stop 7, recessed to receive the end of the staff.

In operation the contact member 6 is held against any desired part of the body and the traveling vibrator-head 3, through the arm 5, is moved at a proper degree of speed back and forth on the staff. This movement by reason of the construction of the head gives a series of sharp shocks or vibrations to the staff which in turn are communicated to the contact member and the body of the patient. WVhere the patient himself is using the device he grasps the stop 7 in one hand, presses the contact member against his person, and with his other hand moves the arm 5 and head 3 back and forth, or the end of the staff may be placed against a support and the head 2 moved back and forth, the contact member being applied to any part of the body needing treatment, and the device used in anymanner most convenient. It is not necessary,- however, that the vibrations be communicated through the staff itself, as the arm 5 will also transmit vibrations to the body.

For the generation in the staff of vibrations adequate for massage purposes two requisites are essential, first, that the contact blow of the head on the staff should be sharp and decided, and second, that the shock of such blow should be transmitted longitudinally along the staff and not be taken up by any sidewise resiliency in the staff. Resiliency in the staff or head which takes up this impact shock destroys the adequacy of the vibrations for massage treatment, and while I do not wish to be limited by the term rigid, as used in the claims, to absolute and complete rigidity in either staff or head I disclaim any device of like construction with mine wherein the staff and the head, either or both, are insufficiently rigid to generate and transmit shocks practically strong enough and sharp enough to be used for massage purposes.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1s-- 1. A vibratory massage apparatus comprising a rigid staff; a rigid head, said head being arranged to travel, under pressure suitably applied thereto, step by step to and fro along, and hence momentarily engage and release said staff, the engaging effect of said head with said staff being accordingly non-elastic, and vibrations adequate for massage purposes being accordingl y imparted to said staff; means whereby pressure may be applied to said head as stated; and means for transmitting to the body of a patient the vibrations so produced, sub stantially as described.

2. A vibratory massage apparatus comprising a rigid staff; a rigid head, said head being arranged to travel, under pressure suitably applied thereto, step by step to and fro along, and hence momentarily engage and release said staff, the engaging effect of said head with said staff being accordingly non-elastic, and vibrations adequate for massage purposes being accordingly imparted to said staff; and a bodycontact member on said staff for transmitting to the body of a patient the vibrations so produced, substantially as described.

3. A vibratory massage apparatus comprising a rigid staff; a rigid head, said head being arranged to travel, under pressure suitably applied thereto, step by step to and fro along, and hence momentarily engage and release said staff, the engaging effect of said head with said staff being accordingly non-elastic, and vibrations adequate for massage purposes being accordingly imparted to said staff means whereby pressure may be applied to said head as stated; and a detachable stop on the end of said staff for preventing removal of the head from the staff in the direction of said stop, substantially as described.

4. A vibratory massage apparatus consisting of a rigid staff, a traveling rigid vibratorhead loosely mounted on the staff, the said head having diagonally opposite staff-contact points, an arm extending from said head, whereby when pressure is applied to said arm the head will travel along said staff with a step-by-step movement and impart to the staff vibrations adeq uate for massage purposes, and means for transmitting vibrations so produced to the body, substantially as herein specified.

5. A vibratory massage apparatus consisting of a rigid main staff, a body-contact member thereon, a rigid vibrator-head mounted on the staff, and having diagonally opposite staffcontact points, said head being extended outwardly at one side of said staff and being then adapted as described to travel along said staff with a step-by-step movement and impart to the staff vibrations adequate for massage purposes, substantially as herein specified.

6. A vibratory massage apparatus consistingof a rigid main staff, a body-contact member thereon, a rigid vibrator-head mounted on the staff, and having diagonally opposite staffcontact points, and being thereby adapted to travel along said staff with a step by-step movement and impart to the staff vibrations adequate for massage purposes, and an arm extending outwardly from said head, substantially as herein specified.

7. In an apparatus for creating massage vi- IIO brations, the combination With a rigid main the head travels along said staff with a stepstafi, a body-contact member thereon, and a by-step movement and imparts to the stat? Vi- IO detachable stop at one end of the said staff, of brations adequate for massage purposes, suba rigid vibrator-head having an opening for stantially as herein specified.

the passage of the staff and having diagonally LAMBERT SNYDER. opposite staff-contact points, and an arm pro- Witnesses: jecting outward from one side of said head i W. H. RUBY,

whereby when pressure is applied to said arm I R. DARELL J EFFREYS. 

